Canton Cardiff is home to Thompson's Park, Victoria Park, and Sanatorium Park, to the education centre Llanover Hall, and to the Chapter Arts Centre, which is housed in the former buildings of Canton Cardiff High School.
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12 Facts About Canton Cardiff
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Canton Cardiff, known as Treganna, was a 13th-century manor in Llandaff.
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Canton, or Treganna in the Welsh language, was formed around a 13th-century Manor in Cardiff and assumed lands from nearby Llandaff and Leckwith parishes under the stewardship of an Earl de Kanetune, although today the manor comes under the jurisdiction of the Manor of Llandaff.
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From around 1250, for several hundred years Canton Cardiff Cross was the site of the largest and most significant trading market in the South Wales area.
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In 1853 St Johns, Canton Cardiff was completed and opened as a local chapel annexe of nearby Llandaff Cathedral.
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From around 1840, Halket Street, Canton, became home to many Irish families, indeed Canton was the recognised centre of Cardiff's increasing Irish community, most of whom were fleeing the potato famines in their own country and seeking work and housing in the ports of Liverpool and Cardiff.
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In 1870 the large Atlas Engineering works was built in Canton Cardiff and opened its doors, creating many new skilled jobs in the area.
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Independent hamlet of Canton was incorporated as a district of the City of Cardiff by charter in 1875.
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Main road running through the heart of Canton Cardiff is Cowbridge Road East, which is served by many bus services.
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Canton Cardiff has two Welsh-medium primary schools, Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch and Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna, and one Welsh-language place of worship: Salem on Market Road.
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Only Canton Cardiff RFC remain from the three teams that played within the Canton Cardiff boundary during this time.
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